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Vibration

physical science Maturity 7-9

Things can shake back and forth. This is called a vibration. It can make music or loud sounds. Sometimes, shaking can be bad for machines. It can even make a car bumpy.

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Do you feel things shake?

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File:Drum vibration mode21.gif
Drum vibration mode21.gif
File:suspension.jpg
suspension.jpg
File:Mass spring.svg
Mass spring.svg
File:Simple harmonic oscillator.gif
Simple harmonic oscillator.gif
File:Mass spring damper.svg
Mass spring damper.svg
File:Damped Free Vibration.png
Damped Free Vibration.png
File:Forced Vibration Response.png
Forced Vibration Response.png
File:Square wave frequency spectrum animation.gif
Square wave frequency spectrum animation.gif
File:Frequency response example.png
Frequency response example.png
File:2dof model.gif
2dof model.gif
File:beam mode 1.gif
beam mode 1.gif
File:beam mode 2.gif
beam mode 2.gif

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